Is It “Wiz-ner” or “Wise-ner”?
Or “Wheeze-ner”? As a person who often has to explain how to pronounce my name (hard J? soft J?), I can see how the following website could be a lifesaver for those struggling to name that author. Thanks to the outstanding children’s lit blog The Longstockings, I now know how to pronounce just about every author name I’ve been butchering all these years. Teachingbooks.net has a very helpful and extensive audio clip collection of authors pronouncing their names. Click here to head over to The Longstockings and start speakin’ good, or click the logo below.
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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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